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 124 STAT. 2210 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 for the development of affordable rental housing for prop- erties assisted with amounts made available by this section; and (E) the Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of the funds made available under this section for technical assistance to grantees. (4) Paragraph (1) of section 2301(c) of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 shall not apply to amounts made available by this section. (5) The fourth proviso from the end of such second undesig- nated paragraph shall be applied to amounts made available by this section by substituting ‘‘2013’’ for ‘‘2012’’. (6) Notwithstanding section 2301(a) of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the term ‘‘State’’ means any State, as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302), and the District of Columbia, for purposes of this section and this title, as applied to amounts made available by this section. (7)(A) None of the amounts made available by this section shall be distributed to— (i) any organization which has been convicted for a violation under Federal law relating to an election for Federal office; or (ii) any organization which employs applicable individ- uals. (B) In this paragraph, the term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an individual who— (i) is— (I) employed by the organization in a permanent or temporary capacity; (II) contracted or retained by the organization; or (III) acting on behalf of, or with the express or apparent authority of, the organization; and (ii) has been convicted for a violation under Federal law relating to an election for Federal office. (8) An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall, to the maximum extent feasible, provide for the hiring of employees who reside in the vicinity, as such term is defined by the Secretary, of projects funded under this section or con- tract with small businesses that are owned and operated by persons residing in the vicinity of such projects. (b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) SECTION 2301.—Section 2301(f)(3)(A)(ii) of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 5301(f)(3)(A)(ii))— (A) is amended by striking ‘‘for the purchase and redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed upon homes or residential properties that will be used’’; and (B) shall apply with respect to any unexpended or unobligated balances, including recaptured and reallocated funds made available under this Act, section 2301 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 5301), and the heading ‘‘Community Planning and Develop- ment—Community Development Fund’’ in title XII of divi- sion A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 217). Applicability. 42 USC 5301 note. Definition. Election violations. Definition. Applicability.